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TSA making it easier to fly with a Real ID, also more difficult to use now

TSA making it easier to fly with a Real ID, also more difficult to use now

by Ned S. Levi | Nov 24, 2025

TSA is making it easier to fly with a Real ID. But it is also making it more difficult to use Real ID at airport security. TSA is making it easier to fly with a Real ID. The Real ID identification deadline for domestic air travel took effect in May. International...
Getting through airport security checkpoints during holidays

Getting through airport security checkpoints during holidays

by Ned S. Levi | Nov 17, 2025

I have 11 do’s and don’ts to help you navigate through airport security checkpoints easily and with minimal hassle during the holidays. The winter holidays are fast approaching. U.S. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. The December holidays will be...
The 24-hour rule: Passengers have a full day to correct airline ticketing mistakes

The 24-hour rule: Passengers have a full day to correct airline ticketing mistakes

by Charlie Leocha | Oct 8, 2025

Airline passengers can change tickets and correct errors within 24 hours of purchase  Way back in 2012 the Department of Transportation (DOT) promulgated the 24-hour rule. This regulation requires airlines to provide travelers booking flights 24 hours to change them....
Know the current TSA firearms travel rules for passengers on planes

Know the current TSA firearms travel rules for passengers on planes

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 26, 2025

 In 2024 TSA stopped 6,678 firearms at airport security. More than 92 percent were loaded. And 5,972 firearms were stopped over the course of 2021, up more than 1,500 from the previous record of 4,432 guns seized in 2019. Passengers should follow the TSA firearms...
Our digital privacy is under attack at international borders

Our digital privacy is under attack at international borders

by Ned S. Levi | Apr 28, 2025

U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspects travelers’ laptops and cellphones when they enter the U.S. I have five tips to maintain digital privacy. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been inspecting U.S. citizens’ and international...
TSA making it easier to fly with a Real ID, also more difficult to use now

Real ID deadline of May 7 is 31 days away and it is “real,” with painful flexibility

by Ned S. Levi | Apr 7, 2025

The May 7 Real ID deadline is just 31 days away. You’ll still likely be able to fly without a Real ID — for now — but you will suffer some pain, including airport security checkpoint delays. The Real ID deadline is thirty-one days away. The deadline will not be...
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Accomplishments

These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.

  • – Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
  • – Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
  • – Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
  • – Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
  • – Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
  • – Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
  • – Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
  • – Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
  • – Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.

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